Houston officials are calling for a refrigerated tractor trailer to help store the bodies of flood victims because the city morgue is reaching its capacity and funeral homes are unable to retrieve the bodies.

The request was made on Thursday, August 31st.

According to the Houston Chronicle, the Houston morgue has almost reached capacity following the Hurricane Harvey flooding.

Due to the high water in recent days, funeral homes in and around Houston have been unable to pick up bodies from the morgues. Now, with approximately 31 people dead in the wake of Harvey, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences has asked the state for a refrigerated tractor trailer to store the bodies temporarily until the funeral homes can get themselves up and running again.

“The morgue in the fourth-largest city in the U.S. is near capacity, prompting officials to ask for a refrigerated tractor-trailer to handle any overflow. The bodies — storm-related or not — have accumulated over the past several days as Harvey’s floodwaters swallowed the city, essentially closing down all businesses, including funeral homes,” the Associated Press reported.

As of Thursday night, the Houston morgue was housing 175 bodies, leaving room for only 25 more before the morgue hits its capacity of 200.

“Our agency has proactively requested assistance from the state to provide extra storage capacity as ongoing search and recovery efforts continue over the next several weeks,” said the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences spokeswoman Tricia Bentley.

One Houston funeral home owner, Pam Hardin, says that the Hardin Family Funeral Home has not received any calls to pick up bodies from the morgue but that “it’s treacherous and there’s no point in it right now.”

The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences expects to receive a response from the state of Texas sometime today, Friday, September 1st.